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Where to start as a newbie

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Hello I’m 23 years old with 30k in student loan debt and decided I’m going to become a real estate agent I know you don’t need to be a agent to invest in real estate , but where would you guys start in my situation any advice would help thank you all so much (I’m in the California/ Los Angeles area by the way )

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Ronald Allen Barney
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  • Tampa, FL
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Ronald Allen Barney
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If you start being an agent 30k in debt a few months later you'll be 50k in debt.  Being an agent is a business, and to get it off the ground requires investment.  I brought not enough as capital and suffering the consequences.

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